UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday launched a program to defend journalists around the world from legal threats aimed at silencing critical voices, a growing tactic that top U.S. aid official Samantha Power described as “lawfare.” Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced the Reporters Shield program at…
By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) -Can inherently volatile cryptocurrencies become safe-havens? Apparently they can in some parts of the world, such as Argentina and Turkey, where soaring prices and tumbling local currencies have forced people to seek refuge in digital coins. Ownership of digital currencies in Turkey was the highest in the…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO fighter jets scrambled on Sunday to track a Russian maritime patrol aircraft that violated air safety rules over the North Atlantic, the alliance said on Tuesday. “The (Russian) aircraft was not complying with international air safety rules and could pose a danger to other aircraft in the region,” NATO’s air command…
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Inflection AI, the artificial intelligence startup founded by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, has released its first AI chatbot product, the company said on Tuesday. Similar to OpenAI’s viral chatbot ChatGPT, Inflection’s AI chatbot, named Pi, uses generative AI technology to interact with users through…
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) -Lithium producer Livent Corp boosted its annual forecast on Tuesday after reporting better-than-expected quarterly profit, a bullish outlook fueled by rising prices and demand for the metal used to make electric vehicle batteries. Shares of the Philadelphia-based company, which has deals to supply the battery metal to General Motors Co, Tesla…
(Reuters) – Simon Property Group Inc’s first-quarter revenue beat market expectations on Tuesday, benefiting from a strong leasing demand after pandemic-induced store closures. Despite growing fears of a recession in the United States, mall operators are seeing a rise in leasing demand from tenants occupying mall spaces to cater to customers. “Tenant demand is excellent,…
By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chief executives of Alphabet Inc’s Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic will meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and top administration officials to discuss key artificial intelligence (AI) issues on Thursday, said a White House official. The invitation seen by Reuters to the CEOs noted President Joe…
(Reuters) -Prudential Financial Inc reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, as the life insurer saw a decline in assets under management. The respite in the economy after the markets priced in a milder recession was short-lived as a string of high-profile bank collapses sparked a sector-wide turbulence last month and roiled financial stocks. As…
By Carolina Mandl and Svea Herbst-Bayliss BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co CEO Charlie Scharf said on Tuesday the banking industry is “extremely strong” but added he expects more volatility as market participants assess the health of financial institutions. “Talking about regional banks as one – it just makes absolutely no sense,”…
(This May 1 story has been refiled to say ‘call’ in the headline) ASUNCION (Reuters) – Supporters of a right-wing candidate who came third in Paraguay’s presidential election clashed with police outside the electoral court on Monday, amid complaints of fraud in a vote that the ruling Colorado Party won comfortably. Police put up fences…
